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DAHLIAS FOR In years gone by the Dahlia was looked 
GARDEN EFFECT, upon as an almost indispensable autumn 
flower, but now we often hear the opinion 
expressed that Dahlias are almost useless 
for color effect in the garden. The reason is not far to seek, 
for the older varieties of the decorative class hold their heads 
of bloom on stout stems well above the foliage, whereas most 
of the modern varieties introduced under the name and disguise 
of improved sorts possess the unpardonable fault of weakened 
stems, hiding their heads of bloom beneath a dense green 
mass of growth and foliage. Happily, some of the older varieties 
good for garden color-schemes are still to be obtained, while the 
new Poeony-flowered race bids fair when better known to outrival 
the old show Dahlia for massing. Xow, by thoughtfully choosing 
the right varieties, it is possible to create truly wonderful autumn 
Dahlias Planted in the Garden for Decorative Effect. 
color-schemes with dahlias. It needs only a glance at the accom- 
panying illustration to make this point clear. Here is seen a bed 
in which the flower-heads are borne on stout stems well above the 
foliage. From all directions the white flowers show up clearly, and 
make a bright and telling spot upon an autumn landscape. — Ex- 
change. 
AUTUMN IN THE Most owners of rock gardens are apt to think 
ROCK GARDEN. that after June, or at latest, .Tidy, the 
charm of that part of their garden is gone. 
To a certain extent this is true. Those who 
know Switzerland will realize that the spring and early summer 
are certainly the times when alpine plants are at their best. But 
this all makes the problem of how to avoid a bare autumn rockery 
all the more interesting. In autumn quite a respectable number 
of plants may be had in bloom by those who arranged their plans 
well. It is considered rather bad management if the flower-borders 
are quite bare at one period of the season, unless, of course, they 
are planned for a special month. Why should not this apply to 
the rock garden? I will enumerate some of the plants that will 
flower in fall. It is a great help if plants of small growth and 
quite suitable to such a position are grown, even if they are not 
alpines, and use is even made of annuals to fill up gaps. Of small 
carpeting plants, Frankinia, with pretty gray foliage and a small 
pink flower, and Ionopsidium acaule, an annual with pinkish mauve 
flowers, are both good. The latter is particularly suitable for an 
edging. Linaria alpine is a graceful, feathery little plant. Of 
the Heaths, Erica Searlii and E. vagans alba make a very satis- 
factory mass of dark green, studdied with white. Vittadenia tri- 
loga is a small and most useful plant, not often seen. It has a 
Daisy-like, piukisli white flower, and is covered with blossom most 
of the year. It deserves the very highest recommendation. Both 
Gorydalis dicentra and C. Iutea are good. Though neither is a 
showy plant, their foliage makes a pretty soft-looking mass, and 
their flowers are not to be despised. The latter grows well in a 
wall. Stray flowers may be found on many plants which have 
really done their flowering season. Hypericum reptans and H. 
Coris will make a welcome patch of yellow. Potentilla Miss Will- 
mott flowered early in the summer, and in autumn a mass of 
silvery pink blossoms. In a damp spot a red Mimulus makes a 
handsome patch of color. It is worth noting that though it does 
best by the side of water, it will also grow in quite a dry situation. 
Tunica Saxifraga and Androsace coronopifolia (rather similar in 
appearance) are both good. 
To sum up for the benefit of those who are on the lookout for 
autumn-flowering plants, the following may give useful ideas : 
Gentiana asclepiadea, Commelina, Mimulus, Corydalis dicentra 
and C. Iutea, Frankinia. lberis gibraltarica, (Enothera macro- 
carpa, Thrift, Linaria alpina, Tunica Saxifraga, Androsace corono- 
pifolia. Ericas, Hypericum reptans and H. Coris and Veronica. 
For foliage. Sedums of sorts. For a few stray flowers. Geranium 
lancastrieuse, Campanula turbinata and ('. t. pallida and Violas. — 
The Garden (English). 
THE PLUME In the wild garden, open parts of the woodland, or 
POPPIES. even at the back of a large herbaceous border where 
plants of a bold and distinct growth are required. 
the Plume Poppies, Boeconias, should find a place. 
Two are eminently suited for such positions, these being known 
respectively as B. Cordata and B. microcarpa. Both are hardy 
herbaceous plants, and during the summer each attains a height 
of about nine feet, the large si is having a very much branched 
habit. The flowers, though small, are produced iu profusion dur- 
ing July and August, and form plume-like masses from which the 
plant derives its popular name. The two kinds do not differ very 
considerably, B. microcarpa being the best colored of the two. 
These Plume Poppies will grow in almost any soil that has previ- 
ously been well dug, though a rather clayey medium will give the 
best results. When planting iu the herbaceous border, care must 
In' taken not to place them near weaker-growing and choicer 
plants, as they are voracious feeders and take a vast amount of 
nourishment from the soil which their roots traverse. Propagation 
is easily effected by division of the roots in early spring, a season 
when they may he transplanted. A mass of these plants in the wild 
garden is very pleasing. 
PLANTING In the open garden, in pleasure-ground, shrubbery, 
LILIES. or woodland there is room to plant or group the Lilies 
with a free hand. L. auratum, as indeed others, 
would appear particularly happy iu the peat and leaf 
mixture that usually obtains for Rhododendrons, or where these 
latter thrive, as a rule, it is not at all difficult to make many Lilies 
permanently happy. 
That this lovely race of bulbous plants appreciates the companion- 
ship of other things iu this way I firmly believe, and with so great 
a mass of root-fiber around there is no likelihood of undue moisture 
for the Lilies. Moreover, there is protection of a natural kind in 
spring from damaging frosts without unduly encumbering the Lilies 
with artificial covering, while agaiu iu summer the surface is shel- 
tered from a burning heat that is not welcomed by any Lily in culti- 
vation For these reasons, therefore, there is much in favor of 
planting Lilies where shrub growth, while not overwhelming, will 
afford a timely protection at two seasons, if not indeed in winter 
also when more or less at rest. It should not. however, be thought 
that peat is essential to their successful culture, as iu light loamy 
soil they do exceedingly well, and even when planted by thousands 
in the o'pen fields, minus shelter of any kind, they give many splen- 
did spikes. 
Of Interest to Estate Owners 
The National Association of Gar.leners maintains a Service Bureau 
which is at the disposal of all who may require the services of efficient 
"nriieners in their various capacities. 
The association seeks the co-operation of estate owners in its efforts, 
to secure opportunities for those engaged in the profession of garden- 
UK who are seeking to advance themselves. It makes no charge for 
services rendered, it endeavors to supply men qualified to assume the 
responsibilities the position may call for. 
Make your requirements known to 
M. C. EBEL, Sec'y, National Association of Gardeners. Madison, N. J. 
